Database Educationhttp://www.ormfoundation.org/forums/105.aspxThis forum is for discussing database education, how to learn about databases and what you need to know in order to (a) make a good database design and (b) make effective use of databases in applications.
This forum is also intended to provide additional help to students on courses such as the "Introduction to Databases" course run by Stanford University.enCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)Gordon Everest tutorial - 20 October - Oregonhttp://www.ormfoundation.org/forums/thread/3727.aspxThu, 02 Oct 2014 07:49:06 GMT9d039735-a311-4a8d-9c49-a0bb2572af9e:3727Ken Evans0http://www.ormfoundation.org/forums/thread/3727.aspxhttp://www.ormfoundation.org/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=105&PostID=3727<p>Gordon Everest will be giving a tutorial on 21st October at the <a href="http://www.datamodelingzone.com/Sessions/FactOrientedModelingFundamentals.aspx">DMZ event in Oregon.</a></p><p>ORM Foundation members may be able to get a 20% discount by mentioning &quot;Everest&quot; or &quot;Halpin&quot; when they register.</p><p>In this tutorial, attendees will:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Learn the basics of fact-oriented modeling and how it contrasts with the traditional ER/Relational approach to data modeling.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apply it in some small design problems and discover how much easier it is to arrive at a better final data model.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; See a demonstration of this process using an open source data modeling tool. </p>